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Posted 4/5/2018 7:14 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Everyone,

I went to see my pain doctor this morning and he has ordered an MRI for my coccyx area due to the tailbone pain that I've had for years. If they do not find anything wrong on the MRI, my doctor wants an anethesiologist to perform a nerve block on me...

Has anyone ever had a nerve block done? Does it help? How long does it last? Were there any short term or long term side effects?

Thanks.
Posted 4/5/2018 8:41 PM (GMT 0)
Almost, go to our Google Custom Search and type in “nerve block” and you will get a ton of information there.

Sherrine
Posted 4/6/2018 9:45 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks, Sherrine!
Posted 4/7/2018 11:14 AM (GMT 0)
Hi Everyone,

I had my MRI early yesterday morning and my pain doctor was kind enough to call me yesterday afternoon to give me the results. I have only arthritis in that area more than likely due to my old falls on my tailbone. That's a relief it's only arthritis.

Does anyone have any helpful hints on how they deal with their arthritis?
Posted 4/10/2018 8:40 PM (GMT 0)
Hi, Almost.

I was going to tell you I've had no help from nerve blocks, so I'm glad you don't have to get one!

Not that arthritis is a picnic, of course....but at least it's something a lot of people deal with, so I'll bet you'll get lots of hints.

Debbie
Posted 4/10/2018 9:52 PM (GMT 0)
So after he tells you its just arthritis.. just😳.. did he have recommendations?

Lj
Posted 4/11/2018 10:25 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks Lj and Debbie for your replies.

I went to see this pain doctor yesterday and he recommended the nerve block again. I declined. I said maybe if the pain becomes unbearable in the future which I hope it never does.

Thanks to Sherrine's recommendation of buying a donut hole cushion in another thread, I looked on Amazon for one and came across a review that mentions she believed her neck support pillow was more beneficial for her tailbone pain. I recalled I had one of those. I tried it, and it's great! The pillow is very cushy. It keeps it's shape and of course it opens in the back. I can easily manipulate it--bend it to where I need the support the most so sitting doesn't hurt nearly as much.

I very much appreciate what this doctor of mine has done for me, but it's unfortunate he like some other doctors don't talk about other options other than meds or nerve blocks.

But on my prompting, from reading another post of Sherrine's about her sacroilitis, this doctor pressed on the affected areas and diagnosed me with it. He gave me an SI belt to use, one of many he had in his back room, to wear during the day.
Posted 4/11/2018 12:28 PM (GMT 0)
I’m glad my posts have helped you! You made my day.

I was diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis along with sacroiliitis. AS is like rheumatoid arthritis of the spine and I take a muscle relaxer for that and it has made a significant difference for me. I found out about Robaxin for AS on a National Institutes of Health site so I asked my rheumatologist if I could try it. It has helped me enormously. Of course I take ibuprofen to help keep the inflammation of AS down and you need to keep your inflammation down too.

Using a neck pillow is a great idea and hopefully it won’t flatten down. I’m glad it’s helping you.

Sherrine
Posted 4/11/2018 2:22 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks, Sherrine, and I'm so glad what you're doing for yourself is helping you.

So far so good, my pillow is as plump as it was when I began using it a few days ago.

Keeping the inflammation down is a very good idea. I do work on achieving that daily but sometimes it's very hard to do so.
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